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Ratification in favour of Master James Lawson [of Cairnmuir]

Our sovereign lord, with advice and consent of the estates of this present parliament, ratifies and approves the tack and assedation made, set and granted by the late Master Joseph Tennant, minister, parson and vicar of the parish kirk and parish of Bedrule, with consent of his majesty's right trusty cousin and councillor John [Stewart], earl of Traquair, lord Linton and Caberston, patron of the said benefice, to his majesty's beloved Master James Lawson of Cairnmuir, his heirs, assignees and subtenants whatsoever, of all and sundry the teind sheaves and other teinds, as well great as small, both parsonage and vicarage, of the said kirk and parish of Bedrule, fruits, rents, emoluments and duties whatsoever belonging and pertaining to the parsonage and vicarage of the said kirk, lying within the sheriffdom of Roxburgh, for all the days and space of the said Master James's lifetime and after his decease for the space of four several heirs their lifetimes, and five 19 years thereafter, and so comprehending the whole five liferents and five 19 years next, and immediately following the said Master James's entry thereto, which was to the teinds of the crop and year of 1632, for the yearly payment to be made by the said Master James, his heirs and assignees foresaid to the said late Master Joseph Tennant and his successor parsons and vicars of the said kirk, their factors and servants in their name, of the sum of 500 merks usual money of this realm between St Andrew's Day [30 November] and Candlemas [2 February] of mail and duty; and also freeing, relieving and keeping unscathed the said late Master Joseph and his successor parsons and vicars foresaid, of his highness's annuity and of all taxation, impositions and other burdens whatsoever that shall in any way be imposed or exacted out of the said kirk or rents thereof; and also mending, repairing and upholding upon their own proper expenses the choir of the said kirk during the space foresaid of the said tack, which tack is of the date 27 July 1632 and registered 28 July next in the whole heads, articles, clauses and conditions thereof. And wills and grants and decrees and ordains this present general ratification to be as valid, effectual and sufficient to the said Master James and his foresaids for possessing the said teinds for the space foresaid, as if the foresaid tack and decreet of the foresaid lords of council and session interposed thereto were at length and word by word inserted herein, concerning which his majesty, with advice and consent foresaid, has dispensed and, by this ratification, dispenses for ever.